Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works—just days before
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Scientists decipher the danger of gummy phlegm in severe COVID-19
Stanford University scientists have implicated a logjam of three long, stringy substances behind deadly thick sputum in COVID-19 patients who
How effective is mindfulness for treating mental ill-health? And what about the apps?
Mindfulness forms part of the trillion-dollar wellness industry, representing 1.5–6% of yearly spending around the world (estimated to be more than US$200
When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?
We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new
Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care
Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID has infected at least a third of the U.K. population and is estimated to have
Autism-associated protein POGZ controls ESCs and ESC neural induction in brain development
Pogo transposable element derived with ZNF domain (POGZ) is a transcription factor broadly expressed during mouse embryonic development. A high
COVID’s Catch-22: The paradox of masking and disease
Much research has been done on the effectiveness of masks to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. However, standard infection
A new model sheds light on how people learn motor skills
Even seemingly simple movements are very complex to perform, and the way we learn how to perform new movements remains
New research shows how Indonesia’s drug control victimizes women and puts their health at risk
On a balmy day in 2009, Adinda Amalia (not a real name) and her boyfriend were arrested after they were
Combination treatment may improve quality of life in kidney cancer
Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received a new combination treatment reported health-related quality of life outcomes that were either